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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-04
MOST PERFECT PIANO PRODUCED.

1t Is the sympathetic and rich quality of tone, COM
bined with purity and greatest power, which lag
made the Weber Piano the favolite of the public
And the Superior Of All It's Compatitors
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-04
The United States Centennial Commission

publicly decreed, November 10, 1916, an award and
soon after sent an OFFICIAL report signed and
sealed, rs follows:
The United States Centennial Commission an
following report as the basis Of an awardto
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-04
CNUYYArr, January 10, 1886.
WESLEYAN COLLEGE.

WESLEYAN COLLENE.
am pleased to write to you thatthc Weber Grand
Piano purchased from Messr-. Smith ~ Nixon some
years ago and which have used in this College,
has given complete satisfaction andha5 been source
OF pleasure to my pupils.
REV w. K BROWN, ID. d.,
President Of Wesleyan College.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-26
THEY WILL INVESTIGATE.
Dakota to Visit minneapolis, and
Then Enact Grain Laws.

The Market Record is authority for the
statement that party of business men in
Dakota has been made up to come to Mill
neopolis to look into the system of handling
wheat on the Minneapolis & Pacific road,
with a view to legislation in Dakota that
will compel railroads to provide means for
handling grain at country stations without
forcing it through private elevators. These
gentlemen say if the railroads would in good
faith set cars on side tracks for farmers or
others to load, there would be no necessity
for compelling the roads to provide ware
houses TO handle it through. Some of the
roads have notified their agents to distribute
cars according to the amount of wheat the
different elevator men have in their houses.
For instance. if one man has all elevator
containing $4,000 bushels and another with
a small elevator that holds but 10, 600 BUSH
els, they both calling for cars to ship out
their wheat, the one with the small house
gets one car to the others i've cars. A
farmer having his wheat in granary, they
claim, gets no car, because his wheat is not
yet offered at the station. With the aid of
the railroad the man with the big house,
they say. is able to monOpolize the wheat
business at such station. The plan of the
Minneapolis 81 Pacific of providing houses
OF its own seems to be regarded with much
favor by farmers and grain men independ-
ent OF elevator companies in Dakota. The
party that is coming to investigate this
method expects to get from it a plan
for framing the bill they purpose putting
through the Dakota legislature this winter.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-26
EXPOSITION DATES
Not Yet Changcd--L egis at
asiingtOn--The Outlook Fine.

The special business before the board of
directors of the Exposition yesterday was
the consideration of the time for holding
the next exhibition. The dates had been
fixed at Aug. 81 to Oct. Is, but at the last
meeting an effort was made to reconsider
that action. and fix the time of opening
week earlier. Nothing was accomplished.
and the matter was made special order for
yesterday. A committee representing the
agricultural dealers of the Northwest was
present and presented petition asking that
the Exposition be opened in time to have it
in good running order during the state fair,
because many Of the people most interested
in their goods would attend the fair, and,
OF course, ii the Exposition was open they
would all come.
J. P. McGaugheys letter, printed in
yesterdays GLOBE, relative to the presence
of the national assembly Of the Knights of
Labor in the city in October and asking that
the exposition be kept open until the 18th.
as at present ordered, was read and created
strong impression on the board. No
quorum was present, and definite action
was deferred until Friday at IL o'clock. to
which time all adjournment was taken. 1t
was developed. however. that all present
favored having the exposition open as early,
if not few days earlier, than the state
fair. and no one wanted it closed sooner
than Oct. 8. E. A. Merrill, from the COM
miltee on legislation, said that the legsla-
tive committee of the city council had
agreed to recommend 10 the legislature a
bill exempting the Exposition property from
taxation, and one fixing the title to the
grounds occupied in the Exposition associa-
ton.
General Manager Palmer returned from
Washington yesterday morning, and at the
meering of the board of directors he ex-
planned the present status of the legislation
asked of congress regarding the Exposition.
The bill tor admitting foreign goods, in
tended solely for exhibition here, free of
duties will be reached this week and will be
passed without doubt. The bill provides that
if any goods imported shall be disposed of
during the exposition, the duty on such
articles must be paid the same as if
regularly passed through the custom house.
The joint resolution, permitting the
heads of departments at Washington to
loan exhibits to the exposition, provided q
kond is given for their safe return, and no
expense is incurred by such departments,
may not go through, as it will receive the
opposition of the member from the
Louisville district, because the same
privilege was refused the exposition at
Louisville a few years ago.
Concerning the prospects for securing
interesting exhibits, Manager Palmer said
yesterday: while in Baltimore secured
four very attractive exhibits, of great
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-26

for some Office. In every issue he mentions
three or four persons and covers them with
''whitewash' and "taffy'' until the men don't
know whether they are themselves or some
one else.
Developments in the new evening paper
NAV be expected very shortly. George K.
Shaw is expecting the arrival OF C. A.
Ninocks and meantime is negotiating with
A. ]. Blethen for the franchise of the United
Press. MIR. Blethen has been approached on
the same GRAND by gentlemen who talk of
starting IL Democratic evening paper and
until they settle, close quit, he cannot
treat with Mr.. Shaw. The latter says b e can
probably get an equally satisfactory news
service by means of the United lines. the
Mackey-Bennett cable and the Northern
American Telegraph companies, but will make
no deal until he closes with Mr.. Blethen. So
the matter stands at present
A gentleman who claims to have made o.
careful investigation states that E. Worthnr-
ham. who has the contract for supplying the
city poor with firewood is giving out cheap
and worthless edgings while his contract calls
for slabs and good wood mixed. He states
that he has learned this from suffering fam
lilies and the drivers of the wood-carts
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-26
CULLED In URT.

Lucinda Clark was ordered sent to the in
sane asylum by Judge Won Schlegel YES
terday.
Herman Sandhoff pleaded guilty yesterday
to selling liquor without license, and paid q
fine of $500.
The st. Anthony Falls Water Power COM
pany cases came up in the district court yes
terday, and were continued.
The malpractice case of Carrie NJ. Weeks
against DR.. Isaac d. Alger was yesterday con-
tinued until the April term.
stay of proceedings for thirty DAYS was
ordered yesterday in the case of Collyer VS..
Wilson, tried some time ago.
The case of Frank E. Carlson against the
Brush ELECTRIC company was concluded yes
terday and the essse given to the jury.
Charles Wilson and Abraham Keunison.
indicted for selling liquor without a license
were brought into the district court yester-
day. Both pleaded not guilty, and will be
tried Feb. l.
Nathan W. Savage, the secondhand dealer.
on Second avenue south, just below First
avenue SOUTH made an assignment Yesterday
TO Frederick Hooker. An affidavit was also
filed stating that the property on hand will
not exceed in value $4,000.
Before Judge LOchren yesterday was begun
the case of T. w. Emery against the CITY of
Minneapolis to recover $1,000 for injuries
alleged TO have been received by driving into
post in the middle of the street on Washing
ton avenue north, in front of which no danger
signal had been placed.
j. +. Gould is a druggist doing business on
the corner OF Lyndale avenue and Lake street.
Yesterday morning he was asrested and taken
before Judge Young on two indictments
charging him with selling liquor without a Ii
cense. He pleaded not guilty and was put
under bonds Of $500 to appear Feb. L.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-26
Personal AND SOCIAL.

DR.. and Mrs. w. A. Sprague, 3lS West
Franklin avenue, entertained friends last
evening.
Joseph Lopez, of the firm of Lopez s. Co.,
New York, is IN the city, and will remain
here about ten days.
The Neighbor club was entertained at pro-
gressive euchre last night by DR.. and Mrs
George Kicker, BOIL First avenue south.
Mrs. Peter Donnelly left on Monday for a
visit of three months at Providence, R. l..
stopping en- route at Washington, D. c.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cormerais gave small party
last evening at their home. S11 Fourth avenue
southeast. About thirty-six friends were in
Vited
At the West: W. j. Underwood. La Crosse;
Fl. T. O'Neill, Winona; J. c. Miller, Water
town, Oak; ]. c. Webster and wife, w. E.
Stewart and wife, Lincoln, Neb.
The Cocagne club gave one of its de-
lightful parties at Malcolm's last night, at
which about forty couples were present The
programme numbered eighteen dances, which
had been carefully prepared and were very
much enjoyed. SAVERS orchestra furnished
excellent music. Messrs. Ed Robinson, J. C..
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-26
CAMg BELLS "CLlO.n
An Interesting and Spectacular
Drama. Well ut On.

Am Interesting and Spectacular
Drama. Well ! ut On.
'Clio," BARLEY Campbelrs spectacular
and romantic drama, began its engagement
at the Grand, last night, to an audience that
damned the upper part of the house and
we'll filled the lower. The play. like all of
tive catch sentences, heroic to high degree
and appealing forcibly to the high moral
sentiment which. strangely enough. abounds
most strongly in the gallery. But it is
quite pretty and interesting play and
romantic, as the bills say, beyond doubt.
It abounds in love. honor and jealousy, all
put forth in Campbell's pretty platitudes.
The idea is somewhat like "Lorle," except
that it was an artists dream, and this is the
dream Of a sculptor. Unlike ''Lorle, there
is much OF the spectacular in ''Cllo." the
beautiful statue being chief feature.
There is also somewhat of the ballet. intro
ducing ten lithe-limbed, gauze clad cory
phees, headed by Mile Cornalba ''the
worlds great prlma ballerina"
The leading part Of Fabian is well taken
by John l.. Burleigh, man of fine figure
and good stage presence, and possessing
many of the elements of fine actor. Miss
Sybil tombstone made all admirable
Lucia" though rather too heroic in voice
and gesture, at times. In the love scenes
she eXcelled. and in voice aud figure re-
minded one of Mary Anderson in several
ways Miss Pauline Gaty as Countess
Ellis was rather stilted, but otherwise
good and the general cast was above the
average throughout. The play passed off
satisfactorily and with considerable ap-
plause, some Of which was drawn out by
the inconsistency of the court scene in
France, with Roman costumes. Taken
throughout "Clio" is an interesting and at
tractive play, and should continue to good
business. 1t will run throughout the week.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-26
GRAND JURY GOSsHPs.
| The RefOrmerS Are After Bad
Women and Blind Pigs.

The grand jury still remains the all alb
sorbing topic of conversation, and is dis
cussed by nearly everybody. Yesterday
morning a number of indictments were re-
turned, but all the persons named in them
have not been arrested as yet. During the
day there were present in the court room
and in the halls number of men, all try
ing to find out if any of the keepers of
houses of ill-fame had been indicted, and
some of the schemes adopted to find out
What the witnesses had said before the jury
were amusing in the extreme. Witnesses
in the case against Josephine Dillon, a sis
ter Of the notorious Lou Felter, charged
with being procuress, were called during
the morning, and late in the afternoon it
was announced by those in a position to
know that she had been indicted Oh two
counts. She was arrested some days ago,
by Officer Ed Grace, who worked up the
case. and has been in confinement ever
since. The children she tried to lead astray
were in the court room during the day. and
attracted considerable attention When
the case comes to trial sensational develop
mentS are promised in regard to the men
in the case. The glorious Eighth ward,
where, it is said, no saloons exist, and no
blind pigs" disturb the harmony by dismal
grunts. is just now attracting the attention
of the jury, and several indictments have
been found against persons who sold liquor
without license. From the ind ctments
returned yesterday it would seem that
druggists as well as blind pig' keepers
have been dispensing whisky to the thirsty
at 10 and Is cents per glass. 1t is said
that more indictments will follow
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-26

empties. We reached Portage at and
should have left at $40, but No. IA was an
hour late, so it was about 10:40 when we
got away. We stalled on the hill at East
Rio and Hankey split the train. leaving me
with seven cars and the caboose. He went
up the hill and backed down on the siding,
and at the same time wild train from the
West came and headed in on us. taking the
side track on the other side of the main
track. Hankey came back and threw the
switch, opening the main track to the siding,
and our part of the train made fly at the
hind end to join the rest of the train. Han
key was at the switch until the hind end
cleared. This is the switch that caused the
accident, as it remained open and wrecked
the limited half hour later. Hankey
claimed that he hollered to me to put up
the switch; but if he did, l didn't hear him.
Frank Mullen. the head brakeman of the
other train-Kitteridge' train-didn't hear
him, and the engineer of that train didn't
hear, though both of them were closer than
l was. Mullen was only four or five cars
away at the time. l was some distance
away and heard nothing. The only man
who heard Hankey was Jackson, our mid
die brakeman, who was nearly twenty cars
away from him. He could hear, with the
wind blowing against him, what could not
be heard by men less than quarter the dis
lance. Yet Jackson, who swore at the
trial he heard Hankey, told me two days
before the trial that he did not hear it,
Well, the switch stayed open and the lin
tied was wrecked. The jury evidently be-
lieved that Hankey did not say so, or if he
did. that L did not hear him.
Another point is the fact that Rule SO on
our running card says conductors will be
held responsible for the position of switches
after using them; and Rule 80 says who
ever turns switch from the main track
must see that it is reset to the main track
and locked. These rules, think, settled
the responsibility. OF course | felt mighty
bad about the whole thing, but felt entirely
blameless. When the facts came out l got
many friends, including an attorney. who
volunteered to defend me, and Sheriff E. G.
Williams, of Columbia county, whose fam
lily nursed me while was sick in Jail. Now
l am going home to Owatonna, but don't
suppose that l could get work on any rail-
road now. The Milwaukee wouldn't even give
me pass back to Milwaukee, when Supt.
Collins had promised it to me aud knew I
was without cent"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-26
Gov Lee and Party Royalty Entertained
at the West-The Guests and
Their Toasts.
Col. Mclaughlin Will Defend His Title
Boxing Matohes-More Sullivan
Cardiff Talk.
A Noted Brakeman Tells the First
True Story of the Celebrated Rio
Disaster.
A Banquet in Honor of Bobby Burns
bad Women and Blind Pigs
Must Go.
HoNoRED SOUTHERN GUESTS.
GOV. Lee and Party Entertained a
the West--A Memorable Gather

Gov. Lee and Party Entertained ar
the West.-A Memorable Gather.
ing.
Yesterday afternoon P B. Winston gave
dinner party at the West in honor of
GOV. Lee. OF Virginia. and the distin-
gulshed gentlemen who accompany him.
MT. winston is son of the Old Dominion,
and has for long time known and honored
Gen. Lee. He had invited several of the
Leading citizens of st. Paul and this city to
meet his guests, and the result
was company such as has never
before been seen in this city-the fraternal
meetlng OF representative men of the grand
est OF the Southern states with 1.-The toilers
OF the North" The dinner was informal
and almost impromptu, but the gentlemen
were III happy vein, and the toasts were
hearty expressions of kindly feeling be-
tween the North and South of to-day-but
there is no North and South to-day,
except as there is an east and west, and it
was the prominence that was given this
1act that made the banquet of yesterday
memorable. The toastS were as fol-
lows: Our Guests" Mayor Ames; "Ihe
New South" Gov. Lee; The Milling In
The Legal Fraternity" Capt. Coke; The
L
Best" G. A. Pillsbruy; Railroads of the
Northwest" Charles Hatch; Tobacco
Facts" P. Fl. Mayo; Poet, Author and
Lawyer" Thomas Nelson Paige;
"Godspeed Our Guests" A. T. Ankeny;
'"The Pleasures of Tobogganing, John
P. Branch; The Northwest as Place for
investments" Joseph Bryan; Banking In
terests of Minneapolis, " J. F. r. Foss; 1.-The
Minneapolis Board of Trade" Judge Atwa-
ter. Capt. Venable, of Baltimore, and Gillian
also made brief speeches and the happy
time ended with the singing of ''Auld Lang
Syne" by the company. The guests were:
Gov. Fitz Hugh Lee, NJ n. Gillian, Il. w.
Pemberton, Capt. John A. Cope, Charles
Watkins. DR.. George Rogers, ]. c. Branch, B.
w. Branch. Joseph Bryan. T. Nelson Ray, j.
L. Magee, w. f. Addison, r. b. Atkinson, E.
NJ. Moore, !. Il. Gray, X. NJ. Venable, +. A.
Davenport and P. H. Mayo, of Virginia; NJ.
B. Harrison, of Duluth; Peter Seims, ]. ].
Hin, P: H; Kelly D. C. Shepherd, Frank
Shepherd, ?. Donan and Messrs. Handy
and Colt, of st. Paul; Charles A.
Pillsbury, George a. Pillsbury, John S. Pills
bury, }. H. Stevens, a. J. Blethen, Mayor
Ames, Henry Brown, d. Morrison, Judge At
water, Charles Hatch, DR.. ]. w. Murray and
w. .. Winston, of this city.
Gov. Lee and party, with the gentlemen
from st. Paul, came over in President HilFs
private car and were met at the train by
Mr.. Winston, who had carriages in wait
ing, and pleasant drive was taken over
the city.
After the banquet few hours was spent
in social intercourse, after which the guests
returned to St.Paul. GOV. Lee and party went
to Duluth last night and will again visit
the city on Thursday.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-26
THE RIO DISASTER.
The Now Noted Brakeman Tells tn.
First True story of ats Occurrence.

The Now Noted Brakeman Tells the
First True story of ats Occurrence.
Clarence H. Wells. the brakeman who
was charged with the negligence resulting
in the horrible disaster at East Rio last
october, reached Minneapolis yesterday
afternoon. He has been imprisoned ever
since the casualty. and has only been at
liberty since his acquittal at Portage last
week. The story of the terrible disaster is
stiIl fresh in the public mind, as we'll as the
coroner's verdict holding Wells guilty, and
his arrest and Imprisonment. His trial on
the charge of manslaughter occurred last
week and resulted in his acquittal, the jury
having been out for only few minutes
The true story of the accident has never
been printed. he said to GLOBE reporter
Yesterday. land if you want it, I'll tell you
inst how it occurred. l was the victim
nicked out to bear the brunt, because
/ was a poor and friendless brakeman.
but NV acauiutal shows that on me,
at least, the blame could not fall. The
whole affair hinges Oh flying switch,
which Conductor Hankey made that night,
and as it is against the law and against the
rules. the effort was made to hush it up.
Everybody but me swore there was no fly
made. but | told the truth and the jury be-
Iieyed ME. However, here's the story:
..W@kleft Milwaukee at 1880 In the
uorninSwith wild train, Conductor Han
key, made up of thirty-two LOADS and TWO
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-26
ALL SORTS.

There was some talk Of opening the Expo-
sition on Friday, Aug. 81. but the superst-
tious man of the Board objected E. S. Cor
ser said: II was married on Friday and il
ralned like the deuce from morning till night
and L never lose case IN the courts. and
have always been happy, and l think this
SANDER of Friday is outrageous. Friday is a
good day. " "
Since Rev. Father McGolrick spoke so bit-
terly against rnm-sellers last Sunday. certain
ones have become somewhat agitated. and
now L. Tuscany breaks into an open revolt
There was considerable fun in the register
OF deeds Office yesterday, when q German
entered and remarked in a loud voice: ssSav
vos got an affection here, and want If riobt
away" Deputy Plummer gazed at the man
moment and then told him to hunt around
and see if he could find it. The visitor finojiy,
explained that it was q satisfaction of mort.
gage he wanted and not an affection,
just what constitutes honesty is omen f., o
great deal of discussion. An advertisement
in Minneapolis paper reads that s,anv
honest person can borrow money by giyinr n
mortgage on his house and lot or on his fir
niture.f Yes, and bank cashiers can bc
made to remain in the United States bv chain
ing them to three-thousand-pou safe and
locking them in q burglar proof room,
The Personal Peculiarly editor of the
Journal is evidently getting in trim to run
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-26
Neumeier and J. G.. Rickel were the COM
mittee in charge
CHARITY BALL.

harmonic hall was a scene of revelry last
night, the occasion being the third annual
charity ball of the LADIES' Hebrew Benevo-
lent society. At least one hundred couples
sat down to the supper which was served b.
the ladies in the dining room. A large dele
CATION of the Hebrew citizens of St. Paul
came over by special train and returned
after the dance. The programme contained
eighteen numbers. and they were danced
merrily 20 the music of Seaman's orchestra.
The reception committee, Sam Rothschild,
Morris Rosenfeld, +. Lehman and H. Metzler,
and Max Cohn. a. MikolaS and NJ Freder,
the floor managers, added much to the pleas
ure of the guests by their kind assiduity.
The costumes of the ladies were very rich
and elegant. short dresses of all the prevail
ing light tints being numerous. The party
was great financial as well as social sue
c9SS,